The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 15George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... century is remarkable for the grand embassies from and to Louis XIV . of France , and the later bloody and al- most ... centuries was sent to England in 1857 ; and another was sent to France in 1861. In 1868 , on the death of his father ...
... century is remarkable for the grand embassies from and to Louis XIV . of France , and the later bloody and al- most ... centuries was sent to England in 1857 ; and another was sent to France in 1861. In 1868 , on the death of his father ...
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... century , entitled " Sibyl- line Oracles , " and still extant , consist of a he- terogeneous mixture of heathen , Jewish , and Christian poems . An edition of these books was published by Gallæus in 1689 ( 4to , Am- sterdam ) , and ...
... century , entitled " Sibyl- line Oracles , " and still extant , consist of a he- terogeneous mixture of heathen , Jewish , and Christian poems . An edition of these books was published by Gallæus in 1689 ( 4to , Am- sterdam ) , and ...
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... century , were expelled in 535 by the Byzantine general Belisarius . The Saracens occupied it about 830 , and made Palermo their capital . In the 11th century they were driven out by the Nor- mans , who established the feudal system ...
... century , were expelled in 535 by the Byzantine general Belisarius . The Saracens occupied it about 830 , and made Palermo their capital . In the 11th century they were driven out by the Nor- mans , who established the feudal system ...
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... century , is a fine specimen of Italian Gothic , and there are several other churches which are rich in works of art . The university , which was flourishing in the mid- dle ages , has a library of 50,000 volumes and 5,000 manuscripts ...
... century , is a fine specimen of Italian Gothic , and there are several other churches which are rich in works of art . The university , which was flourishing in the mid- dle ages , has a library of 50,000 volumes and 5,000 manuscripts ...
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... century these were opened and extensively worked by the Spaniards in Guanajuato , Zacatecas , and other neighboring districts ; and in the 17th and 18th centuries their production was greatly increased by rea- son of the greater ...
... century these were opened and extensively worked by the Spaniards in Guanajuato , Zacatecas , and other neighboring districts ; and in the 17th and 18th centuries their production was greatly increased by rea- son of the greater ...
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Page 101 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Page 101 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 101 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 97 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Page 320 - Star-Chamber censuring the breach and disobedience to those proclamations by very great fines and imprisonment ; so that any disrespect to any acts of state or to the persons of statesmen was in no time more penal, and...
Page 101 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 101 - ... first above mentioned, order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemine, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St.
Page 427 - Complete View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c., of the Inhabitants of England from the arrival of the Saxons till the Reign of Henry VIII.
Page 378 - The whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Ebrue; with apt notes to sing them withall...
Page 97 - It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from a decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England ; and therefore the black must be discharged.